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Positions are open for the interested candidates for PhD (UGC/CSIR-JRF) and Postdoc (may be D. S. Kothari Fellowship) may contact directly to arunabha.thakur@jadavpuruniversity.in; (Phone 9937760940).
Group News
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Congratulations!!! Dr. Thakur, for being selected SERB-International research excellence fellowship (2022-2023) to conduct collaborative research work at Texas A&M University (USA) with Prof. Francois P. Gabbai.
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Congratulations!!! Mr. Sayan Kumar Bag for securing a DST-Inspire Fellowship on 2020-21 batch.
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Congratulations!!! Dr. Sushil Ranjan Bhatta for getting selected in NPDF.
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Congratulations!!! Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, selected as CSIR-SRF on 2018-19 batch.
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June, 2021: Congratulations!!! Dr. Sushil Ranjan Bhatta for successfully defending the Ph.D. thesis.
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Aug, 2021: The group welcomes Mr. Sayan Kumar Bag as a graduate student (DST-Inspire Fellow from Presidency University, Kolkata, WB).
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April, 2019: The group welcomes Mr. Sreejit Ghosh as a project student under RUSA 2.0 (M. Sc from Delhi University, Delhi).
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Dec, 2018 : The group welcomes Ms. Adwitiya Pal as a graduate student CSIR-JRF (M. Sc from Burdwan University, WB).
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Nov, 2018 : The group welcomes Mr. Krishna Mohan Das as a graduate student UGC-JRF (M. Sc from IIT Madras).
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Feb, 2018 : The group welcomes Ms. Manisha Karmakar as a graduate student (M. Sc from Visva-bharati University, WB).
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Congratulations!!! to Adwitiya for the paper accepted in
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Org.Biomol. Chem.2022 (I.F 3.87)
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Congratulations!!! to Krishna and Adwitiya for the paper accepted in New J. Chem. 2022, 46, 12103-12119 (I.F 3.92)
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Congratulations!!! to Manisha and Sayan for the paper accepted in J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022, 10, 8860-8873 (I.F 8.067)
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Congratulations!!! to Krishna and Adwitiya for the paper accepted in Org. Biomol. Chem.2022, 20, 3540-3549 (I.F 3.87)
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Congratulations!!! to Adwitiya for the paper accepted in New J. Chem. 2022, 46, 2989-3005 (I.F 3.92)
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Congratulations!!! to Sushil and Manisha for the paper accepted in
J. Organomet. Chem. 2021, 949, 121958-121968 (I.F 2.36)
(invited article in special issue of "Adam-Mathur").
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Congratulations!!! to Manisha and Adwitiya for the paper accepted in
Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 6086–6098 (I.F 5.43)
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Congratulations!!! to Adwitiya and Sushil for the paper accepted in Coord. Chem. Rev. 2021, 431, 213685-213748 (I.F 24.83)
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Congratulations!!! to Adwitiya and Krishna for the paper accepted in
Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 10099-10112 (I.F 5.43)
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Congratulations!!! to Manisha and Sushil for the paper accepted in
Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 4493-4507 (I.F 5.43)
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Congratulations!!! to Adwitiya, Manisha and Sushil for the paper accepted in Coord. Chem. Rev. 2021, 448, 214167 (I.F 24.83)
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Congratulations!!! to Sushil for the paper accepted in Dalton Trans. 2019, 48, 8209-8220 (I.F 4.30)
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Congratulations!!! to Sushil for the paper accepted in Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 2018, 267, 617-627 (I.F 9.22)
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Congratulations!!! to Sushil for your paper accepted in Organometallics 2017, 36, 829-838 (I.F 3.87)
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Congratulatons!!! to our group for paper accepted in Coord. Chem. Rev. 2016,329, 16-52 (I.F 24.83 )
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Congratulations!!! to Sushil for the paper accepted in Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 11577-11590 (I.F 5.43)
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Congratulations!!! to Sushil for your paper accepted in Organometallics 2017, 36, 2141-2152 (I.F 3.87)
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2020-2021


39. Naphthol Based Positional Isomers of Ferrocene Appended Benzochromene: Differential Selectivity towards Hg(II) ion
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Manisha Karmakar, Arunabha Thakur*
J. Organomet. Chem. 2021, 949, 121958-121968 (IF 2.36)
(invited article in special issue of "Adam-Mathur").
DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2021.121958
38. Light Triggered Metal Coordination Dynamics in Photoswitchable Dithienylethene-Ferrocene System.
Manisha Karmakar, Adwitiya Pal, Bijan Mondal, Nayarassery N. Adarsh,
Arunabha Thakur*
Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 6086–6098 (IF 5.16)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c00602
37. Recent Advances in the Development of Ferrocene based Electroactive Small Molecules for Cation Recognition: A Comprehensive Review of the Years 2010-2020.
Adwitiya Pal, Sushil Ranjan Bhtta, Arunabha Thakur*
Coord. Chem. Rev. 2021, 431, 213685-213748 (IF 22.31)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2020.213685
36. Microwave Assisted Neat Synthesis of a Ferrocene Appended Phenolphthalein Di-yne: A Designed Synthetic Scaffold for Hg2+ Ion.
Adwitiya Pal, Krishna Mohan Das, Bappaditya Goswami, Arunabha Thakur*
Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 10099−10112 (IF 5.16)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01236




35. Oxidation Induced Differentially Selective Turn-On Fluorescence via PET Based on Ferrocene Appended Coumarin-Quinoline Platform: Application in Cascaded Molecular Logic.
Manisha Karmakar, Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Santanabha Giri, Arunabha Thakur*
Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 4493-4507 (IF 5.16)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03650
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2018-2019















34. Ferrocene Appended Fluorescein-Based Ratiomeric Fluorescence and Electrochemical
Chemosensor for Fe3+ and Hg2+ Ions in Aqueous Media: Application in Real Samples Analysis.
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Adwitiya Pal, Ujwal K. sarangi, Arunabha Thakur*
Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2019, 498, 119097-119107 (IF 2.54)
DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2019.119097
33. Metal-Coordination Driven Intramolecular Twisting: A Turn-On Fluorescent-Redox Probe for Hg2+ Ion through Interaction of Ferrocene Nonbonding Orbital and Dibenzylidenehydrazine.
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Bijan Mondal, Sudhir Lima, Arunabha Thakur*
Dalton Trans. 2019, 48, 8209-8220 (IF 4.30)
DOI: 10.1039/C9DT01023H
32. Triazole Based 8-Formyl Coumarin-Glycine conjugate: A Specific Turn-On Fluorescent Probe
for Cu(II) ion.
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Sudipa Bhattacharya, Bappaditya Goswami,
Arunabha Thakur*
J. Indian Chem. Soc. 2018, 95, 1517-1524 (Invited Article)
31. Naphthalene-Glycine Conjugate: An Extremely Selective Colorimetric Chemosensor for
Iodide Ion in Aqueous Solution.
ArunabhaThakur*, Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Bijan Mondal, Deepak Kakash, Piyush Chawla
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 2018, 267, 617-626 (IF 7.46)
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2018.04.038
2016-2017
30. ICT-Isomerization Induced Turn-On Fluorescence Probe with a Large Emission
Shift for Mercury Ion: Application in Combinational Molecular Logic.
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Bijan Mondal, Gonela Vijaykumar,
Arunabha Thakur*
Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 11577-11590 (IF 5.16)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01304
29. An Efficient Molecular Tool with Ferrocene Backbone: Discriminating Fe3+ from
Fe2+ in Aqueous Media.
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Varun Bheemireddy, Gonela Vijaykumar, Sashi Debnath,
Arunabha Thakur*
Organometallics 2017, 36, 2141-2152 (IF 3.87)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00199
28. A Redox-Driven Fluorescence ‘Off-On’ Molecular Switch Based on a 1,1′-Unsymmetrically Substituted bi-Ferrocenyl Coumarin System: Mimicking Combinational Logic Operation.
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Varun Bheemireddy, Arunabha Thakur*
Organometallics 2017, 36, 829-838 (IF 3.87)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00883
27. Access to an Abnormal Position of N-heterocyclic Carbene-Mn(II)-Complex by
Pyrazolyl Phosphane with a Labile P-N Bond.
Arunabha Thakur*, Varun Bheemireddy, Sushil Ranjan Bhatta
J. Organomet. Chem, 2017, 832, 42-46 (IF 2.36)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.01.014
26. Recent Development in Azolyl Phosphane Containing a Free N Atom in the Azole
Ring as an Additional Reaction Site.
Arunabha Thakur*, D. Mandal
Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2016, 329, 16-52 (IF 22.31)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2016.09.003
25. Triazole appended mono and 1,1′ di-substituted ferrocene-naphthalene conjugates:
highly selective and sensitive multi-responsive probes for Hg (II)
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Varun Bheemireddy, Vijay Kumar Gonela, Arunabha Thakur*,
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 2017, 240, 640-650 (IF 7.46)
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2016.09.022
24. Investigation of reaction of B(C6F5)3 with abnormal N-heterocyclic carbene
and cyclic alkyl amino carbene in presence and absence of water
Arunabha Thakur*, P. K. Vardhanapu, Vijay Kumar Gonela, Sushil Ranjan Bhatta
J. Chem. Sci. 2016, 128, 613-620. (IF 1.40)
23. Abnormal N-Heterocyclic Carbene Mediated Fixation of CO2, N2O and Activation
of Tetrahydrofuran and Tetrahydro-thiophene under Ambient Condition
Arunabha Thakur*, Pavan K. Vardhanapu, Gonela Vijay Kumar, Pradip Kumar Hota,
and Swadhin Kumar Mandal*
Eur. J. Inog. Chem. 2016, 913-920. (IF 2.52)
22. A novel and unprecedented ferrocene-quinoline conjugate: facile proton conduction
via 1D helical water chains and highly sensitive and selective chemosensor for Zn(II)
ion in water
Joseph Ponniah S, Subrat Kumar Barik, Arunabha Thakur, and Sundargopal Ghosh
RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 15690 (IF 3.0)
2014-2015
21. Triazolyl Alkoxy Fischer Carbene Complexes in Conjugation with Ferrocene/Pyrene as
Sensory Units: Multifunctional Chemosensor for Pb(II) and Zn(II) Ions
Joseph Ponniah S, Subrat Kumar Barik, Arunabha Thakur, R. Ganeshamoorthy and S. Ghosh
Organometallics, 2014, 33, 3096–3107
20. Synthesis of triazole linked fluorescent amino acid and carbohydrate bio-conjugates: a highly sensitive and skeleton selective multi-responsive chemosensor for Cu(ii) and Pb(ii)/Hg(ii) ions
Arunabha Thakur, D. Mandal, P. Deb, B. Mondal and S. Ghosh
RSC Advances, 2014, 4, 1918-1928
2012-2013
19. A Novel Triple Decker Sandwich Complex Containing Cyclo Six Member B3Co2 Te Ring as a Middle Deck
Arunabha Thakur, K. K. V. Chakrahari, B. Mandal and S. Ghosh
Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52, 2262
18. B-H Bond Iodination of Polyhedral Dimolybdaborane and Dimolybdathiaborane Clusters
K. K. V. Chakrahari, Arunabha Thakur, V. P. Anju and S. Ghosh,
J. Organomet. Chem, 2013, 751, 321
17. Hypoelectronic Dimetallaheteroboranes of Group 6 Transition Metals Containing Heavier Chalcogen Elements
K. K. V. Chakrahari, Arunabha Thakur, B. Mandal and S. Ghosh,
Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52, 7923-32
16. Synthesis and Sensing Properties of 1,1′-Disubstituted Unsymmetrical Ferrocene-Triazole Derivatives: A Multichannel Probe for Hg(II) Ion
D. Mandal, P. Deb, B. Mondal, Arunabha Thakur, J. Ponniah and S. Ghosh
RSC Advances, 2013, 3, 18614
15. An Highly Selective and Sensitive Redox, Fluorescence and Optical Probe for Pb(II) Ion in Aqueous Environment
Arunabha Thakur, D. Mandal and S. Ghosh,
Anal. Chem., 2013, 85, 1665
14. A Triazole Based Triferrocene Derivative as a Multiresponsive Chemosensor for Hg(II) and a Redox Chemosensor for H2PO4- Ion in Aqueous Environment
Arunabha Thakur, D. Mandal and S. Ghosh,
J. Organomet. Chem. 2013, 726, 71
13. A triazole tethered triferrocene derivative as a selective chemosensor for mercury(II) in aqueous environment
D. Mandal, Arunabha Thakur, S. Ghosh
Polyhedron, 2013, 52, 1109
12. N-phenyl pyrrole anchored to Fischer carbene complex through ring closing metathesis oxidative aromatization: synthesis and characterization of aryl substituted Fischer carbene complexes
R. Ganesamoorthi, Arunabha Thakur, D. Sharmila, V. Ramkumar and S. Ghosh
J. Organomet. Chem, 2013, 726, 56
11. A Novel Class of Heterometallic Cubane and Boride Clusters Containing Heavier Group 16 Elements
Arunabha Thakur, S. Sao, V. Ramkumar, S. Ghosh,
Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 8322-8330
10. Theoretical and Experimental Investigations on Hypoelectronic Heterodimetallaboranes of Group 6 Transition Metals
B. S. Krishnamoorthy, Arunabha Thakur, K. K. V. Chakrahari, S. K. Bose, P. Hamon, T. Roisnel, S. Kahlal, S. Ghosh and J.-F. Halet
Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 10375
9. An Efficient Ferrocene Derivative as A Chromogenic, Optical and Electrochemical Receptor for Selective Recognition of Hg(II) in Aqueous Environment
Arunabha Thakur and S. Ghosh
Organometallics 2012, 31, 819
8. A Close Packed Boron Rich 11-Vertex Molybdaborane with Novel Geometry
K.K.V. Chakrahari, Arunabha Thakur, B. Mondal, R. S. Dhayal, S. Ghosh
J. Organomet. Chem, 2012, 710, 3627
2009-2011
7. A Homometallic Tricapped Cubane Cluster: [(Cp*Mo)4B4H4(μ4-BH)3] (Cp* = η5-C5Me5)
Arunabha Thakur, S. Sahoo, S. Ghosh
Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50, 7940-7942
6. Catecholboryl-Functionalized Ferrocene Based Lewis Acid System: A Selective Probe for Fluoride Ion through Multiple Channels
Arunabha Thakur, D. Mandal, S. Sao, S. Ghosh
J. Organomet. Chem., 2012, 715, 129
5. Click-Generated Triazole Based Ferrocene-Carbohydrate Bioconjugates: A Highly Selective Multisignaling Probe for Cu(II) Ions.
Arunabha Thakur, S. Sardar, S. Ghosh
J. Chem. Sci., 2012, 124, 1255
4. Aqueous Organometallic Chemistry: Synthesis and Characterization of γ, δ Unsaturated Alkynyl Substituted Fischer Carbene Complexes of Group 6 Transition Metal
R. Ganesamoorthi, Arunabha Thakur, S. Ghosh
Curr. Sci., 2011, 101, 1347
3. A Highly Selective Redox, Chromogenic and Fluorescent Chemosensor for Hg2+ in Aqueous Solution Based on Ferrocene- Glycine Bioconjugates
Arunabha Thakur, S. Sardar, S. Ghosh
Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50, 7066-7073
2. Synthesis of Mono and Doubly Alkynyl Substituted Ferrocene and its Crystal Engineering Using –
C–H....O Supramolecular Synthon
Arunabha Thakur, N. N. Adarsh, A. Chakraborty, M. Devi, S. Ghosh
J. Organomet. Chem., 2010, 695, 1059-1064
1. A New Synthetic Route to Lindqvist Type Clusters [(n-Bu4N)x][M’M5O19] [when x = 2, M’ = M = Mo or W; x = 3, M’ = Mo, M = W] From Metal Carbonyl Precursors [(CO)5ML] [M = Mo, W; L = CO, C(OMe) (Me)]
Arunabha Thakur, A. Chakraborty, V. Ramkumar, S. Ghosh
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7552-7555











Ph.D. and Postdoctoral work



Group supervisor




PUBLICATIONS
2022


2020-2021
42. A novel quinoline-based NNN-pincer Cu(II) complex as a superior catalyst for oxidative of allylic esterification C(sp3)-H bonds
Adwitiya Pal, Bappaditya Goswami, Arunabha Thakur*
Org. Biomol. Chem.2022, 20, 3540-3549 (I.F 3.87)
DOI: 10.1039/D2OB00220E
41. Cyclic vs Acyclic Alkyne towards Hg2+ ion detection: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Studies
Krishna Mohan Das, Adwitiya Pal, Nayarassery N. Adarsh, Arunabha Thakur*
New J. Chem. 2022, 46, 2989 - 3005 (IF 3.59)
DOI: 10.1039/D1NJ05707C
40. A Detailed Insight into Anion Sensing based on Intramolecular Charge Transfer (ICT) Mechanism: A Comprehensive Review of the Years 2016 to 2021
Adwitiya Pal, Manisha karmakar, Sushil Ranjan Bhtta, Arunabha Thakur*
Coord. Chem. Rev. 2021, 448, 214167 (IF 22.31)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2021.214167







39. Naphthol Based Positional Isomers of Ferrocene Appended Benzochromene: Differential Selectivity towards Hg(II) ion
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Manisha Karmakar, Arunabha Thakur*
J. Organomet. Chem. 2021, 949, 121958-121968 (IF 2.36)
(invited article in special issue of "Adam-Mathur").
DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2021.121958
38. Light Triggered Metal Coordination Dynamics in Photoswitchable Dithienylethene-Ferrocene System.
Manisha Karmakar, Adwitiya Pal, Bijan Mondal, Nayarassery N. Adarsh,
Arunabha Thakur*
Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 6086–6098 (IF 5.16)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c00602
37. Recent Advances in the Development of Ferrocene based Electroactive Small Molecules for Cation Recognition: A Comprehensive Review of the Years 2010-2020.
Adwitiya Pal, Sushil Ranjan Bhtta, Arunabha Thakur*
Coord. Chem. Rev. 2021, 431, 213685-213748 (IF 22.31)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2020.213685
36. Microwave Assisted Neat Synthesis of a Ferrocene Appended Phenolphthalein Di-yne: A Designed Synthetic Scaffold for Hg2+ Ion.
Adwitiya Pal, Krishna Mohan Das, Bappaditya Goswami, Arunabha Thakur*
Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 10099−10112 (IF 5.16)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01236




35. Oxidation Induced Differentially Selective Turn-On Fluorescence via PET Based on Ferrocene Appended Coumarin-Quinoline Platform: Application in Cascaded Molecular Logic.
Manisha Karmakar, Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Santanabha Giri, Arunabha Thakur*
Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 4493-4507 (IF 5.16)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03650
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2018-2019















34. Ferrocene Appended Fluorescein-Based Ratiomeric Fluorescence and Electrochemical
Chemosensor for Fe3+ and Hg2+ Ions in Aqueous Media: Application in Real Samples Analysis.
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Adwitiya Pal, Ujwal K. sarangi, Arunabha Thakur*
Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2019, 498, 119097-119107 (IF 2.54)
DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2019.119097
33. Metal-Coordination Driven Intramolecular Twisting: A Turn-On Fluorescent-Redox Probe for Hg2+ Ion through Interaction of Ferrocene Nonbonding Orbital and Dibenzylidenehydrazine.
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Bijan Mondal, Sudhir Lima, Arunabha Thakur*
Dalton Trans. 2019, 48, 8209-8220 (IF 4.30)
DOI: 10.1039/C9DT01023H
32. Triazole Based 8-Formyl Coumarin-Glycine conjugate: A Specific Turn-On Fluorescent Probe
for Cu(II) ion.
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Sudipa Bhattacharya, Bappaditya Goswami,
Arunabha Thakur*
J. Indian Chem. Soc. 2018, 95, 1517-1524 (Invited Article)
31. Naphthalene-Glycine Conjugate: An Extremely Selective Colorimetric Chemosensor for
Iodide Ion in Aqueous Solution.
ArunabhaThakur*, Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Bijan Mondal, Deepak Kakash, Piyush Chawla
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 2018, 267, 617-626 (IF 7.46)
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2018.04.038
2016-2017
30. ICT-Isomerization Induced Turn-On Fluorescence Probe with a Large Emission
Shift for Mercury Ion: Application in Combinational Molecular Logic.
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Bijan Mondal, Gonela Vijaykumar,
Arunabha Thakur*
Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 11577-11590 (IF 5.16)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01304
29. An Efficient Molecular Tool with Ferrocene Backbone: Discriminating Fe3+ from
Fe2+ in Aqueous Media.
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Varun Bheemireddy, Gonela Vijaykumar, Sashi Debnath,
Arunabha Thakur*
Organometallics 2017, 36, 2141-2152 (IF 3.87)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00199
28. A Redox-Driven Fluorescence ‘Off-On’ Molecular Switch Based on a 1,1′-Unsymmetrically Substituted bi-Ferrocenyl Coumarin System: Mimicking Combinational Logic Operation.
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Varun Bheemireddy, Arunabha Thakur*
Organometallics 2017, 36, 829-838 (IF 3.87)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00883
27. Access to an Abnormal Position of N-heterocyclic Carbene-Mn(II)-Complex by
Pyrazolyl Phosphane with a Labile P-N Bond.
Arunabha Thakur*, Varun Bheemireddy, Sushil Ranjan Bhatta
J. Organomet. Chem, 2017, 832, 42-46 (IF 2.36)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.01.014
26. Recent Development in Azolyl Phosphane Containing a Free N Atom in the Azole
Ring as an Additional Reaction Site.
Arunabha Thakur*, D. Mandal
Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2016, 329, 16-52 (IF 22.31)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2016.09.003
25. Triazole appended mono and 1,1′ di-substituted ferrocene-naphthalene conjugates:
highly selective and sensitive multi-responsive probes for Hg (II)
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Varun Bheemireddy, Vijay Kumar Gonela, Arunabha Thakur*,
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 2017, 240, 640-650 (IF 7.46)
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2016.09.022
24. Investigation of reaction of B(C6F5)3 with abnormal N-heterocyclic carbene
and cyclic alkyl amino carbene in presence and absence of water
Arunabha Thakur*, P. K. Vardhanapu, Vijay Kumar Gonela, Sushil Ranjan Bhatta
J. Chem. Sci. 2016, 128, 613-620. (IF 1.40)
23. Abnormal N-Heterocyclic Carbene Mediated Fixation of CO2, N2O and Activation
of Tetrahydrofuran and Tetrahydro-thiophene under Ambient Condition
Arunabha Thakur*, Pavan K. Vardhanapu, Gonela Vijay Kumar, Pradip Kumar Hota,
and Swadhin Kumar Mandal*
Eur. J. Inog. Chem. 2016, 913-920. (IF 2.52)
22. A novel and unprecedented ferrocene-quinoline conjugate: facile proton conduction
via 1D helical water chains and highly sensitive and selective chemosensor for Zn(II)
ion in water
Joseph Ponniah S, Subrat Kumar Barik, Arunabha Thakur, and Sundargopal Ghosh
RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 15690 (IF 3.0)
2014-2015
21. Triazolyl Alkoxy Fischer Carbene Complexes in Conjugation with Ferrocene/Pyrene as
Sensory Units: Multifunctional Chemosensor for Pb(II) and Zn(II) Ions
Joseph Ponniah S, Subrat Kumar Barik, Arunabha Thakur, R. Ganeshamoorthy and S. Ghosh
Organometallics, 2014, 33, 3096–3107
20. Synthesis of triazole linked fluorescent amino acid and carbohydrate bio-conjugates: a highly sensitive and skeleton selective multi-responsive chemosensor for Cu(ii) and Pb(ii)/Hg(ii) ions
Arunabha Thakur, D. Mandal, P. Deb, B. Mondal and S. Ghosh
RSC Advances, 2014, 4, 1918-1928
2012-2013
19. A Novel Triple Decker Sandwich Complex Containing Cyclo Six Member B3Co2 Te Ring as a Middle Deck
Arunabha Thakur, K. K. V. Chakrahari, B. Mandal and S. Ghosh
Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52, 2262
18. B-H Bond Iodination of Polyhedral Dimolybdaborane and Dimolybdathiaborane Clusters
K. K. V. Chakrahari, Arunabha Thakur, V. P. Anju and S. Ghosh,
J. Organomet. Chem, 2013, 751, 321
17. Hypoelectronic Dimetallaheteroboranes of Group 6 Transition Metals Containing Heavier Chalcogen Elements
K. K. V. Chakrahari, Arunabha Thakur, B. Mandal and S. Ghosh,
Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52, 7923-32
16. Synthesis and Sensing Properties of 1,1′-Disubstituted Unsymmetrical Ferrocene-Triazole Derivatives: A Multichannel Probe for Hg(II) Ion
D. Mandal, P. Deb, B. Mondal, Arunabha Thakur, J. Ponniah and S. Ghosh
RSC Advances, 2013, 3, 18614
15. An Highly Selective and Sensitive Redox, Fluorescence and Optical Probe for Pb(II) Ion in Aqueous Environment
Arunabha Thakur, D. Mandal and S. Ghosh,
Anal. Chem., 2013, 85, 1665
14. A Triazole Based Triferrocene Derivative as a Multiresponsive Chemosensor for Hg(II) and a Redox Chemosensor for H2PO4- Ion in Aqueous Environment
Arunabha Thakur, D. Mandal and S. Ghosh,
J. Organomet. Chem. 2013, 726, 71
13. A triazole tethered triferrocene derivative as a selective chemosensor for mercury(II) in aqueous environment
D. Mandal, Arunabha Thakur, S. Ghosh
Polyhedron, 2013, 52, 1109
12. N-phenyl pyrrole anchored to Fischer carbene complex through ring closing metathesis oxidative aromatization: synthesis and characterization of aryl substituted Fischer carbene complexes
R. Ganesamoorthi, Arunabha Thakur, D. Sharmila, V. Ramkumar and S. Ghosh
J. Organomet. Chem, 2013, 726, 56
11. A Novel Class of Heterometallic Cubane and Boride Clusters Containing Heavier Group 16 Elements
Arunabha Thakur, S. Sao, V. Ramkumar, S. Ghosh,
Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 8322-8330
10. Theoretical and Experimental Investigations on Hypoelectronic Heterodimetallaboranes of Group 6 Transition Metals
B. S. Krishnamoorthy, Arunabha Thakur, K. K. V. Chakrahari, S. K. Bose, P. Hamon, T. Roisnel, S. Kahlal, S. Ghosh and J.-F. Halet
Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 10375
9. An Efficient Ferrocene Derivative as A Chromogenic, Optical and Electrochemical Receptor for Selective Recognition of Hg(II) in Aqueous Environment
Arunabha Thakur and S. Ghosh
Organometallics 2012, 31, 819
8. A Close Packed Boron Rich 11-Vertex Molybdaborane with Novel Geometry
K.K.V. Chakrahari, Arunabha Thakur, B. Mondal, R. S. Dhayal, S. Ghosh
J. Organomet. Chem, 2012, 710, 3627
2009-2011
7. A Homometallic Tricapped Cubane Cluster: [(Cp*Mo)4B4H4(μ4-BH)3] (Cp* = η5-C5Me5)
Arunabha Thakur, S. Sahoo, S. Ghosh
Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50, 7940-7942
6. Catecholboryl-Functionalized Ferrocene Based Lewis Acid System: A Selective Probe for Fluoride Ion through Multiple Channels
Arunabha Thakur, D. Mandal, S. Sao, S. Ghosh
J. Organomet. Chem., 2012, 715, 129
5. Click-Generated Triazole Based Ferrocene-Carbohydrate Bioconjugates: A Highly Selective Multisignaling Probe for Cu(II) Ions.
Arunabha Thakur, S. Sardar, S. Ghosh
J. Chem. Sci., 2012, 124, 1255
4. Aqueous Organometallic Chemistry: Synthesis and Characterization of γ, δ Unsaturated Alkynyl Substituted Fischer Carbene Complexes of Group 6 Transition Metal
R. Ganesamoorthi, Arunabha Thakur, S. Ghosh
Curr. Sci., 2011, 101, 1347
3. A Highly Selective Redox, Chromogenic and Fluorescent Chemosensor for Hg2+ in Aqueous Solution Based on Ferrocene- Glycine Bioconjugates
Arunabha Thakur, S. Sardar, S. Ghosh
Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50, 7066-7073
2. Synthesis of Mono and Doubly Alkynyl Substituted Ferrocene and its Crystal Engineering Using –
C–H....O Supramolecular Synthon
Arunabha Thakur, N. N. Adarsh, A. Chakraborty, M. Devi, S. Ghosh
J. Organomet. Chem., 2010, 695, 1059-1064
1. A New Synthetic Route to Lindqvist Type Clusters [(n-Bu4N)x][M’M5O19] [when x = 2, M’ = M = Mo or W; x = 3, M’ = Mo, M = W] From Metal Carbonyl Precursors [(CO)5ML] [M = Mo, W; L = CO, C(OMe) (Me)]
Arunabha Thakur, A. Chakraborty, V. Ramkumar, S. Ghosh
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7552-7555











Ph.D. and Postdoctoral work




PUBLICATIONS











39. Naphthol Based Positional Isomers of Ferrocene Appended Benzochromene: Differential Selectivity towards Hg(II) ion
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Manisha Karmakar, Arunabha Thakur*
J. Organomet. Chem. 2021, 949, 121958-121968 (IF 2.36)
(invited article in special issue of "Adam-Mathur").
DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2021.121958
38. Light Triggered Metal Coordination Dynamics in Photoswitchable Dithienylethene-Ferrocene System.
Manisha Karmakar, Adwitiya Pal, Bijan Mondal, Nayarassery N. Adarsh,
Arunabha Thakur*
Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 6086–6098 (IF 5.16)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c00602
37. Recent Advances in the Development of Ferrocene based Electroactive Small Molecules for Cation Recognition: A Comprehensive Review of the Years 2010-2020.
Adwitiya Pal, Sushil Ranjan Bhtta, Arunabha Thakur*
Coord. Chem. Rev. 2021, 431, 213685-213748 (IF 22.31)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2020.213685
36. Microwave Assisted Neat Synthesis of a Ferrocene Appended Phenolphthalein Di-yne: A Designed Synthetic Scaffold for Hg2+ Ion.
Adwitiya Pal, Krishna Mohan Das, Bappaditya Goswami, Arunabha Thakur*
Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 10099−10112 (IF 5.16)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01236




35. Oxidation Induced Differentially Selective Turn-On Fluorescence via PET Based on Ferrocene Appended Coumarin-Quinoline Platform: Application in Cascaded Molecular Logic.
Manisha Karmakar, Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Santanabha Giri, Arunabha Thakur*
Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 4493-4507 (IF 5.16)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03650
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2018-2019















34. Ferrocene Appended Fluorescein-Based Ratiomeric Fluorescence and Electrochemical
Chemosensor for Fe3+ and Hg2+ Ions in Aqueous Media: Application in Real Samples Analysis.
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Adwitiya Pal, Ujwal K. sarangi, Arunabha Thakur*
Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2019, 498, 119097-119107 (IF 2.54)
DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2019.119097
33. Metal-Coordination Driven Intramolecular Twisting: A Turn-On Fluorescent-Redox Probe for Hg2+ Ion through Interaction of Ferrocene Nonbonding Orbital and Dibenzylidenehydrazine.
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Bijan Mondal, Sudhir Lima, Arunabha Thakur*
Dalton Trans. 2019, 48, 8209-8220 (IF 4.30)
DOI: 10.1039/C9DT01023H
32. Triazole Based 8-Formyl Coumarin-Glycine conjugate: A Specific Turn-On Fluorescent Probe
for Cu(II) ion.
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Sudipa Bhattacharya, Bappaditya Goswami,
Arunabha Thakur*
J. Indian Chem. Soc. 2018, 95, 1517-1524 (Invited Article)
31. Naphthalene-Glycine Conjugate: An Extremely Selective Colorimetric Chemosensor for
Iodide Ion in Aqueous Solution.
ArunabhaThakur*, Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Bijan Mondal, Deepak Kakash, Piyush Chawla
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 2018, 267, 617-626 (IF 7.46)
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2018.04.038
2016-2017
30. ICT-Isomerization Induced Turn-On Fluorescence Probe with a Large Emission
Shift for Mercury Ion: Application in Combinational Molecular Logic.
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Bijan Mondal, Gonela Vijaykumar,
Arunabha Thakur*
Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 11577-11590 (IF 5.16)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01304
29. An Efficient Molecular Tool with Ferrocene Backbone: Discriminating Fe3+ from
Fe2+ in Aqueous Media.
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Varun Bheemireddy, Gonela Vijaykumar, Sashi Debnath,
Arunabha Thakur*
Organometallics 2017, 36, 2141-2152 (IF 3.87)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00199
28. A Redox-Driven Fluorescence ‘Off-On’ Molecular Switch Based on a 1,1′-Unsymmetrically Substituted bi-Ferrocenyl Coumarin System: Mimicking Combinational Logic Operation.
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Varun Bheemireddy, Arunabha Thakur*
Organometallics 2017, 36, 829-838 (IF 3.87)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00883
27. Access to an Abnormal Position of N-heterocyclic Carbene-Mn(II)-Complex by
Pyrazolyl Phosphane with a Labile P-N Bond.
Arunabha Thakur*, Varun Bheemireddy, Sushil Ranjan Bhatta
J. Organomet. Chem, 2017, 832, 42-46 (IF 2.36)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.01.014
26. Recent Development in Azolyl Phosphane Containing a Free N Atom in the Azole
Ring as an Additional Reaction Site.
Arunabha Thakur*, D. Mandal
Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2016, 329, 16-52 (IF 22.31)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2016.09.003
25. Triazole appended mono and 1,1′ di-substituted ferrocene-naphthalene conjugates:
highly selective and sensitive multi-responsive probes for Hg (II)
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Varun Bheemireddy, Vijay Kumar Gonela, Arunabha Thakur*,
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 2017, 240, 640-650 (IF 7.46)
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2016.09.022
24. Investigation of reaction of B(C6F5)3 with abnormal N-heterocyclic carbene
and cyclic alkyl amino carbene in presence and absence of water
Arunabha Thakur*, P. K. Vardhanapu, Vijay Kumar Gonela, Sushil Ranjan Bhatta
J. Chem. Sci. 2016, 128, 613-620. (IF 1.40)
23. Abnormal N-Heterocyclic Carbene Mediated Fixation of CO2, N2O and Activation
of Tetrahydrofuran and Tetrahydro-thiophene under Ambient Condition
Arunabha Thakur*, Pavan K. Vardhanapu, Gonela Vijay Kumar, Pradip Kumar Hota,
and Swadhin Kumar Mandal*
Eur. J. Inog. Chem. 2016, 913-920. (IF 2.52)
22. A novel and unprecedented ferrocene-quinoline conjugate: facile proton conduction
via 1D helical water chains and highly sensitive and selective chemosensor for Zn(II)
ion in water
Joseph Ponniah S, Subrat Kumar Barik, Arunabha Thakur, and Sundargopal Ghosh
RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 15690 (IF 3.0)
2014-2015
21. Triazolyl Alkoxy Fischer Carbene Complexes in Conjugation with Ferrocene/Pyrene as
Sensory Units: Multifunctional Chemosensor for Pb(II) and Zn(II) Ions
Joseph Ponniah S, Subrat Kumar Barik, Arunabha Thakur, R. Ganeshamoorthy and S. Ghosh
Organometallics, 2014, 33, 3096–3107
20. Synthesis of triazole linked fluorescent amino acid and carbohydrate bio-conjugates: a highly sensitive and skeleton selective multi-responsive chemosensor for Cu(ii) and Pb(ii)/Hg(ii) ions
Arunabha Thakur, D. Mandal, P. Deb, B. Mondal and S. Ghosh
RSC Advances, 2014, 4, 1918-1928
2012-2013
19. A Novel Triple Decker Sandwich Complex Containing Cyclo Six Member B3Co2 Te Ring as a Middle Deck
Arunabha Thakur, K. K. V. Chakrahari, B. Mandal and S. Ghosh
Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52, 2262
18. B-H Bond Iodination of Polyhedral Dimolybdaborane and Dimolybdathiaborane Clusters
K. K. V. Chakrahari, Arunabha Thakur, V. P. Anju and S. Ghosh,
J. Organomet. Chem, 2013, 751, 321
17. Hypoelectronic Dimetallaheteroboranes of Group 6 Transition Metals Containing Heavier Chalcogen Elements
K. K. V. Chakrahari, Arunabha Thakur, B. Mandal and S. Ghosh,
Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52, 7923-32
16. Synthesis and Sensing Properties of 1,1′-Disubstituted Unsymmetrical Ferrocene-Triazole Derivatives: A Multichannel Probe for Hg(II) Ion
D. Mandal, P. Deb, B. Mondal, Arunabha Thakur, J. Ponniah and S. Ghosh
RSC Advances, 2013, 3, 18614
15. An Highly Selective and Sensitive Redox, Fluorescence and Optical Probe for Pb(II) Ion in Aqueous Environment
Arunabha Thakur, D. Mandal and S. Ghosh,
Anal. Chem., 2013, 85, 1665
14. A Triazole Based Triferrocene Derivative as a Multiresponsive Chemosensor for Hg(II) and a Redox Chemosensor for H2PO4- Ion in Aqueous Environment
Arunabha Thakur, D. Mandal and S. Ghosh,
J. Organomet. Chem. 2013, 726, 71
13. A triazole tethered triferrocene derivative as a selective chemosensor for mercury(II) in aqueous environment
D. Mandal, Arunabha Thakur, S. Ghosh
Polyhedron, 2013, 52, 1109
12. N-phenyl pyrrole anchored to Fischer carbene complex through ring closing metathesis oxidative aromatization: synthesis and characterization of aryl substituted Fischer carbene complexes
R. Ganesamoorthi, Arunabha Thakur, D. Sharmila, V. Ramkumar and S. Ghosh
J. Organomet. Chem, 2013, 726, 56
11. A Novel Class of Heterometallic Cubane and Boride Clusters Containing Heavier Group 16 Elements
Arunabha Thakur, S. Sao, V. Ramkumar, S. Ghosh,
Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 8322-8330
10. Theoretical and Experimental Investigations on Hypoelectronic Heterodimetallaboranes of Group 6 Transition Metals
B. S. Krishnamoorthy, Arunabha Thakur, K. K. V. Chakrahari, S. K. Bose, P. Hamon, T. Roisnel, S. Kahlal, S. Ghosh and J.-F. Halet
Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 10375
9. An Efficient Ferrocene Derivative as A Chromogenic, Optical and Electrochemical Receptor for Selective Recognition of Hg(II) in Aqueous Environment
Arunabha Thakur and S. Ghosh
Organometallics 2012, 31, 819
8. A Close Packed Boron Rich 11-Vertex Molybdaborane with Novel Geometry
K.K.V. Chakrahari, Arunabha Thakur, B. Mondal, R. S. Dhayal, S. Ghosh
J. Organomet. Chem, 2012, 710, 3627
2009-2011
7. A Homometallic Tricapped Cubane Cluster: [(Cp*Mo)4B4H4(μ4-BH)3] (Cp* = η5-C5Me5)
Arunabha Thakur, S. Sahoo, S. Ghosh
Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50, 7940-7942
6. Catecholboryl-Functionalized Ferrocene Based Lewis Acid System: A Selective Probe for Fluoride Ion through Multiple Channels
Arunabha Thakur, D. Mandal, S. Sao, S. Ghosh
J. Organomet. Chem., 2012, 715, 129
5. Click-Generated Triazole Based Ferrocene-Carbohydrate Bioconjugates: A Highly Selective Multisignaling Probe for Cu(II) Ions.
Arunabha Thakur, S. Sardar, S. Ghosh
J. Chem. Sci., 2012, 124, 1255
4. Aqueous Organometallic Chemistry: Synthesis and Characterization of γ, δ Unsaturated Alkynyl Substituted Fischer Carbene Complexes of Group 6 Transition Metal
R. Ganesamoorthi, Arunabha Thakur, S. Ghosh
Curr. Sci., 2011, 101, 1347
3. A Highly Selective Redox, Chromogenic and Fluorescent Chemosensor for Hg2+ in Aqueous Solution Based on Ferrocene- Glycine Bioconjugates
Arunabha Thakur, S. Sardar, S. Ghosh
Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50, 7066-7073
2. Synthesis of Mono and Doubly Alkynyl Substituted Ferrocene and its Crystal Engineering Using –
C–H....O Supramolecular Synthon
Arunabha Thakur, N. N. Adarsh, A. Chakraborty, M. Devi, S. Ghosh
J. Organomet. Chem., 2010, 695, 1059-1064
1. A New Synthetic Route to Lindqvist Type Clusters [(n-Bu4N)x][M’M5O19] [when x = 2, M’ = M = Mo or W; x = 3, M’ = Mo, M = W] From Metal Carbonyl Precursors [(CO)5ML] [M = Mo, W; L = CO, C(OMe) (Me)]
Arunabha Thakur, A. Chakraborty, V. Ramkumar, S. Ghosh
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7552-7555











Ph.D. and Postdoctoral work



Group supervisor
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Development of Cheap Transition Metal based Catalyst
46. Preparation of 5-(Acyloxymethyl)furfurals from Carbohydrates Using Zinc Chloride/Acetic Acid Catalyst System and Their Synthetic Value Addition.
Navya Subray Bhat, Abhishek Kumar Yadav, Manisha Karmakar, Arunabha Thakur,
Sib Sankar Mal, Saikat Dutta*
ACS Omega 2023, 8, 8, 8119–8124. (IF 4.13)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c00143
45. One-pot synthesis of dimerized arenes and heteroarenes under mild condition using Co(I) as active catalyst.
Adwitiya Pal, Arunabha Thakur*
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2022, 20, 8977-8987.(IF 3.87)
DOI:10.1039/D2OB01738E
44. A novel quinoline-based NNN-pincer Cu(II) complex as a superior catalyst for oxidative esterification of allylic C(sp3)-H bonds.
Krishna Mohan Das, Adwitiya Pal, Nayarassery N. Adarsh, Arunabha Thakur*
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2022, 20, 3540-3549 (IF 3.87)
DOI: 10.1039/D2OB00220E 2018-2022
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DTE based Photochromic Organic Materials
43. A Conjugated Photoresponsive Dithienylethene-Ferrocene System: Application in Secret Writing and Decoding Information.
Manisha Karmakar, Sayan Kumar Bag, Bijan Mondal, Arunabha Thakur*
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022, 10, 8860 - 8873 (IF 8.067)
DOI: 10.1039/D2TC00738J
42. Light Triggered Metal Coordination Dynamics in Photoswitchable Dithienylethene-Ferrocene System.
Manisha Karmakar, Adwitiya Pal, Bijan Mondal, Nayarassery N. Adarsh, Arunabha Thakur*
Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 6086–6098 (IF 5.43)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c00602
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Supramolecules and Host Guest Chemistry
2018-2022
41. Strategic Design of a 2,6-Disubstituted Pyridine-based Probe having Hard-Soft Centers: Responsive Divergence from One Core.
Krishna Mohan Das, Adwitiya Pal, Bappaditya Goswami,
Nayarassery N. Adarsh, Arunabha Thakur*
New J. Chem. 2022, 46, 12103-12119 (IF 3.92)
DOI: 10.1039/D2NJ02246J
40. Cyclic vs Acyclic Alkyne towards Hg2+ ion detection: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Studies.
Adwitiya Pal, Bappaditya Goswami, Arunabha Thakur*
New J. Chem. 2022, 46, 2989-3005 (IF 3.92)
DOI: 10.1039/D1NJ05707C
39. A Detailed Insight into Anion Sensing based on Intramolecular Charge Transfer (ICT) Mechanism: A Comprehensive Review of the Years 2016 to 2021.
Adwitiya Pal, Manisha karmakar, Sushil Ranjan Bhtta, Arunabha Thakur*
Coord. Chem. Rev. 2021, 448, 214167 (IF 24.83)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2021.214167
38. Naphthol Based Positional Isomers of Ferrocene Appended Benzochromene: Differential Selectivity towards Hg(II) ion.
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Manisha Karmakar, Arunabha Thakur*
J. Organomet. Chem. 2021, 949, 121958-121968 (IF 2.34)
(invited article in special issue of "Adam-Mathur").
DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2021.121958
37. Recent Advances in the Development of Ferrocene based Electroactive Small Molecules for Cation Recognition: A Comprehensive Review of the Years 2010-2020.
Adwitiya Pal, Sushil Ranjan Bhtta, Arunabha Thakur*
Coord. Chem. Rev. 2021, 431, 213685-213748 (IF 24.83)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2020.213685
36. Microwave Assisted Neat Synthesis of a Ferrocene Appended Phenolphthalein Di-yne: A Designed Synthetic Scaffold for Hg2+ Ion.
Adwitiya Pal, Krishna Mohan Das, Bappaditya Goswami,
Arunabha Thakur*
Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 10099−10112 (IF 5.43)
35. Oxidation Induced Differentially Selective Turn-On Fluorescence via PET Based on Ferrocene Appended Coumarin-Quinoline Platform: Application in Cascaded Molecular Logic.
Manisha Karmakar, Sushil Ranjan Bhatta,
Santanabha Giri, Arunabha Thakur*
Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 4493-4507 (IF 5.43)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b0365034.
34. Ferrocene Appended Fluorescein-Based Ratiomeric Fluorescence and Electrochemical Chemosensor for Fe3+ and Hg2+ Ions in Aqueous Media: Application in Real Samples Analysis.
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Adwitiya Pal, Ujwal K. sarangi,
Arunabha Thakur*
Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2019, 498, 119097-119107 (IF 3.11)
DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2019.119097
33. Metal-Coordination Driven Intramolecular Twisting: A Turn-On Fluorescent-Redox Probe for Hg2+ Ion through Interaction of Ferrocene Nonbonding Orbital and Dibenzylidenehydrazine.
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Bijan Mondal, Sudhir Lima,
Arunabha Thakur*
Dalton Trans. 2019, 48, 8209-8220 (IF 4.57)
DOI: 10.1039/C9DT01023H
32. Triazole Based 8-Formyl Coumarin-Glycine conjugate: A Specific Turn-On Fluorescent Probe for Cu(II) ion.
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Sudipa Bhattacharya,
Bappaditya Goswami, Arunabha Thakur*
J. Indian Chem. Soc. 2018, 95, 1517-1524 (Invited Article)
31. Naphthalene-Glycine Conjugate: An Extremely Selective Colorimetric Chemosensor for Iodide Ion in Aqueous Solution.
ArunabhaThakur*, Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Bijan Mondal,
Deepak Kakash, Piyush Chawla.
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 2018, 267, 617-626 (IF 9.22)
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2018.04.038
2016-2017
30. ICT-Isomerization Induced Turn-On Fluorescence Probe with a Large Emission Shift for Mercury Ion: Application in Combinational Molecular Logic.
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Bijan Mondal, Gonela Vijaykumar,
Arunabha Thakur*
Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 11577-11590 (IF 5.43)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01304
29. An Efficient Molecular Tool with Ferrocene Backbone: Discriminating Fe3+ from Fe2+ in Aqueous Media.
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Varun Bheemireddy, Gonela Vijaykumar,
Sashi Debnath, Arunabha Thakur*
Organometallics 2017, 36, 2141-2152 (IF 3.84)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00199
28. A Redox-Driven Fluorescence ‘Off-On’ Molecular Switch Based on a 1,1′-Unsymmetrically Substituted bi-Ferrocenyl Coumarin System: Mimicking Combinational Logic Operation.
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Varun Bheemireddy, Arunabha Thakur*
Organometallics 2017, 36, 829-838 (IF 3.84)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00883
27. Access to an Abnormal Position of N-heterocyclic Carbene-Mn(II)-Complex by Pyrazolyl Phosphane with a Labile P-N Bond.
Arunabha Thakur*, Varun Bheemireddy, Sushil Ranjan Bhatta
J. Organomet. Chem, 2017, 832, 42-46 (IF 2.34)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.01.014
26. Recent Development in Azolyl Phosphane Containing a Free N Atom in the Azole Ring as an Additional Reaction Site.
Arunabha Thakur*, D. Mandal
Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2016, 329, 16-52 (IF 24.83)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2016.09.003
25. Triazole appended mono and 1,1′ di-substituted ferrocene-naphthalene conjugates: highly selective and sensitive multi-responsive probes for Hg (II)
Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Varun Bheemireddy, Vijay Kumar Gonela,
Arunabha Thakur*,
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 2017, 240, 640-650 (IF 9.22)
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2016.09.022
24.Investigation on reactivity of non-classical carbenes with sterically hindered Lewis acid, B(C6F5)3 under inert and open conditions.
Arunabha Thakur*, Pavan K Vardhanpu, Gonela Vijaykumar, and Sushil Ranjan Bhatta
J. Chem. Sci. 128, 613–620 (2016)
Arunabha Thakur*, Pavan K. Vardhanapu, Gonela Vijaykumar, Pradip Kumar Hota, Swadhin K. Mandal
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem.2016, 913–920
22. A novel and unprecedented ferrocene-quinoline conjugate: facile proton conduction via 1D helical water chains and highly sensitive and selective chemosensor for Zn(II) ion in water.
Joseph Ponniah S, Subrat Kumar Barik,
Arunabha Thakur, and Sundargopal Ghosh
RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 15690 (IF 4.036)
2014-2015
21. Triazolyl Alkoxy Fischer Carbene Complexes in Conjugation with Ferrocene/Pyrene as Sensory Units: Multifunctional Chemosensor for Pb(II) and Zn(II) Ions
Joseph Ponniah S, Subrat Kumar Barik, Arunabha Thakur,
R. Ganeshamoorthy and S. Ghosh
Organometallics, 2014, 33, 3096–3107
20. Synthesis of triazole linked fluorescent amino acid and carbohydrate bio-conjugates: a highly sensitive and skeleton selective multi-responsive chemosensor for Cu(ii) and Pb(ii)/Hg(ii) ions.
Arunabha Thakur, D. Mandal, P. Deb, B. Mondal
and S. Ghosh
RSC Advances, 2014, 4, 1918-1928
2012-2013
19. A Novel Triple Decker Sandwich Complex Containing Cyclo Six Member B3Co2 Te Ring as a Middle Deck
Arunabha Thakur, K. K. V. Chakrahari, B. Mandal and
S. Ghosh
Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52, 2262
18. B-H Bond Iodination of Polyhedral Dimolybdaborane and Dimolybdathiaborane Clusters.
K. K. V. Chakrahari, Arunabha Thakur, V. P. Anju and S. Ghosh,
J. Organomet. Chem, 2013, 751, 321
17. Hypoelectronic Dimetallaheteroboranes of Group 6 Transition Metals Containing Heavier Chalcogen Elements.
K. K. V. Chakrahari, Arunabha Thakur, B. Mandal and S. Ghosh
Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52, 7923-32
16. Synthesis and Sensing Properties of 1,1′-Disubstituted Unsymmetrical Ferrocene-Triazole Derivatives: A Multichannel Probe for Hg(II) Ion.
D. Mandal, P. Deb, B. Mondal, Arunabha Thakur,
J. Ponniah and S. Ghosh
RSC Advances, 2013, 3, 18614
15. An Highly Selective and Sensitive Redox, Fluorescence and Optical Probe for Pb(II) Ion in Aqueous Environment.
Arunabha Thakur, D. Mandal and S. Ghosh,
Anal. Chem., 2013, 85, 1665
14. A Triazole Based Triferrocene Derivative as a Multiresponsive Chemosensor for Hg(II) and a Redox Chemosensor for H2PO4- Ion in Aqueous Environment
Arunabha Thakur, D. Mandal and S. Ghosh,
J. Organomet. Chem. 2013, 726, 71
13. A triazole tethered triferrocene derivative as a selective chemosensor for mercury(II) in aqueous environment.
D. Mandal, Arunabha Thakur, S. Ghosh
Polyhedron, 2013, 52, 1109
12. N-phenyl pyrrole anchored to Fischer carbene complex through ring closing metathesis oxidative aromatization: synthesis and characterization of aryl substituted Fischer carbene complexes.
R. Ganesamoorthi, Arunabha Thakur, D. Sharmila,
V. Ramkumar and S. Ghosh
J. Organomet. Chem, 2013, 726, 56
11. A Novel Class of Heterometallic Cubane and Boride Clusters Containing Heavier Group 16 Elements
Arunabha Thakur, S. Sao, V. Ramkumar, S. Ghosh,
Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 8322-8330
10. Theoretical and Experimental Investigations on Hypoelectronic Heterodimetallaboranes of Group 6 Transition Metals
B. S. Krishnamoorthy, Arunabha Thakur, K. K. V. Chakrahari,
S. K. Bose, P. Hamon, T. Roisnel, S. Kahlal, S. Ghosh and J.-F. Halet
Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 10375
9. An Efficient Ferrocene Derivative as A Chromogenic, Optical and Electrochemical Receptor for Selective Recognition of Hg(II) in Aqueous Environment.
Arunabha Thakur and S. Ghosh
Organometallics 2012, 31, 819
8. A Close Packed Boron Rich 11-Vertex Molybdaborane with Novel Geometry
K.K.V. Chakrahari, Arunabha Thakur, B. Mondal,
R. S. Dhayal, S. Ghosh
J. Organomet. Chem, 2012, 710, 3627
2009-2011
7. A Homometallic Tricapped Cubane Cluster: [(Cp*Mo)4B4H4(μ4-BH)3] (Cp* = η5-C5Me5).
Arunabha Thakur, S. Sahoo, S. Ghosh
Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50, 7940-7942
6. Catecholboryl-Functionalized Ferrocene Based Lewis Acid System: A Selective Probe for Fluoride Ion through Multiple Channels.
Arunabha Thakur, D. Mandal, S. Sao, S. Ghosh
J. Organomet. Chem., 2012, 715, 129.
5. Click-Generated Triazole Based Ferrocene-Carbohydrate Bioconjugates: A Highly Selective Multisignaling Probe for Cu(II) Ions.
Arunabha Thakur, S. Sardar, S. Ghosh
J. Chem. Sci., 2012, 124, 1255
4. Aqueous Organometallic Chemistry: Synthesis and Characterization of γ, δ Unsaturated Alkynyl Substituted Fischer Carbene Complexes of Group 6 Transition Metal.
R. Ganesamoorthi, Arunabha Thakur, S. Ghosh
Curr. Sci., 2011, 101, 1347.
3. A Highly Selective Redox, Chromogenic and Fluorescent Chemosensor for Hg2+ in Aqueous Solution Based on Ferrocene- Glycine Bioconjugates.
Arunabha Thakur, S. Sardar, S. Ghosh
Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50, 7066-7073.
2. Synthesis of Mono and Doubly Alkynyl Substituted Ferrocene and its Crystal Engineering Using –C–H....O Supramolecular Synthon.
Arunabha Thakur, N. N. Adarsh, A. Chakraborty, M. Devi, S. Ghosh
J. Organomet. Chem., 2010, 695, 1059-1064
1. A New Synthetic Route to Lindqvist Type Clusters [(n-Bu4N)x][M’M5O19] [when x = 2, M’ = M = Mo or W; x = 3, M’ = Mo, M = W] From Metal Carbonyl Precursors [(CO)5ML] [M = Mo, W; L = CO, C(OMe)(Me)]
Arunabha Thakur, A. Chakraborty, V. Ramkumar, S. Ghosh